Wednesday, January 25, 2012

An Open letter to the Gang of Marasees

I am writing an open letter to the Gang of marasees who
appear frustrated by the Panjab Assembly's resolution to ban
"Objectionable concerts in educational institution. It is a reply to Mr Sher Khan who became the
voice of these Marasees in his article "PA concert ban: Another day,
another disappointment" that was published on January 26, 2012 on express
tribune. My question is why they are so frustrated, this is the ban in
educational institutions not overall, educational institutions are for
education, aren't they?

It’s true that it is impossible to define the scope of the
word “Objectionable” so anything can be stopped by labeling it objectionable.
This is not good at all. But wait a minute, why and how extra-curricular
activities, art and culture in educational institution have become a concert by
a professional singer (Marasee). There was a time, when singing and all the
activities in any concert or program was carried on by the students of that
institution. This seems that some educational institutions have seen a easy way
of promoting their schools/colleges and the professional singers are failing to
gather public outside educational institutions so they are running for easy
money. Please leave all the art and culture within school boundaries to school
students.

Now let us see what the gang had told in the article and try
to analyze that.

According to Ahmed Ali Butt (Entity Paradigm), songs by the
professionals are the way of education and Pakistan will lose a lot by this
ban. People will have another way of learning via internet. Oh bahi, then go
with your internet and clearly what type of education one student will get when
he will listen to a professional singer with in an educational institution that
he cannot get with a song of a non professional student singer.

Adnan Sarwar (Club Caramel), emphases on why govt was not
able to provide security to students and so after the ban the only way for him
to earn is by going to India and gave the threat that he will not become an
ideal ambassador. Dear brother, no one is stopping you from going to India and
behaving like Vena Malik, go ahead. You
havn’t told anything why a professional signer is a must required in a concert
in educational institution.

Ali Noor (Noori) is so much offended with this resolution that
he has started to join some political party as it not a matter of livelihood
but a matter of principle. Yaar why not you tell how it is must and necessary
that educational institutions must organize concert for the livelihood of
professional singers. Why can’t you live outside the school campus. Rest
joining a political party is your personal problem. Hopefully we will soon see
you in some political party jalsa.

Ali Azmat has claimed that it is his legal right to have a
concert in a school and college so he is going to start a campaign for it on
twitter. How it become his legal right to must sing in a school?

Shallum Xavier (Fuzon) was so frustated that he told the
truth that he is unable to earn outside the school boundaries and singing in a
school, is his bread and butter. Mr. You should focus and train more, hopefully
you will be able to sing in some "Shadi" function as well.

Faisal Kapadia (Strings) was also of the view that singing
in a school is the only way of making a living for the musicians. I feel really
sorry for you and know that soon this will be over. Don't worry; already too
many voices are on the media for you poor people.

Meekal Hassan and Khurram Waqar (Qayaas) thought
that Pakistan has become a culture wasteland and only source of revenue for
them are schools. What a shame? Students go there for learning and you people loot
them for your own benefit.

By reading the views of all of these Singers, it seems
either they have thought that ban is over all and not in the educational
institutions or really the situation of musical industry is really touching the
bottom as the singers only rely on income from the educational institutions and
singers are unable to earn money outside the school boundaries.

Concerts in the educational institutions should not be banned,
but this does not mean that these singers make it their bread and butter and
only source of income. If you think, that this is a way of education for
students, make it free and earn outside the school as already parents are
paying too much in the name of school fees. This ban is not going to last for a long but the way these Marasees have reacted have shown their truth.